Comments on: Is the lifestyle in America too convenient?

By: KZBlog

KZBlog — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:52:22 +0000

As one illustration, in Kazakhstan, many convenience stores are accessible 24 hours a day. After 9pm or so, they lock the door but someone sleeps in the store on the floor. If you something, you just bang on the door to wake them up! Of course it seems incredibly inconvenient to Americans like me because it can take a good 10-15 mins to wake them up. Plus one feels horrible so I usually shy away from doing it unless I NEED something.

By: Danny Thornton

Danny Thornton — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:08:35 +0000

I would truly die for the chance to move back overseas and be able to work in a foreign land. Consider yourself lucky.

By: richd

richd — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:11:59 +0000

In most towns of any size in the states now, there are 24 hour superstores. While this may work for some employees who go to school in the day and need to work nights or whatever, it is definitely a negative for most people who would miss out on important family time in order to continue to be employed. We seem to have become accustomed to immediate gratification. There is something to be said for the anticipation to appreciation ratio.

By: dawn

dawn — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:39:44 +0000

i, being a little older, do remember when stores were only opened until 5pm and CLOSED ON SUNDAYS!!! (these were known as the blue laws) in our area the town of paramus new jersey still observes this law. what i remember most about sundays is that it seemed that everyone was visiting and chilling; and our parks were crowded, and the bakeries would sell out by 10am and the roads were crowded with people cruising and everyone seemed to enjoy being relaxed. it was very nice. now sunday just feels like another workday.

By: Dori

Dori — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:22:13 +0000

I have realized since living abroad, that we do take the conveniences of longer opening hours for shops for granted in America. And I guess that there are pros and cons to the convenience, but I am adapting to shorter opening hours since I have been living in England. However sometimes I miss being able to run out to get something later in the day.

By: hm

hm — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:38:45 +0000

this is sad…when shop close at 5pm

By: Bas

Bas — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:09:43 +0000

“The only problem with stores closing at 5pm is that that is when I get off work!”

True that.

By: Reagan

Reagan — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:07:27 +0000

The only problem with stores closing at 5pm is that that is when I get off work! I wouldn’t be able to do anything or get anything done! I think America has conveniences that we don’t notice while living here, your right. But I also don’t like the “work whenever possible, holidays included because work is more important than family” attitude. I missed holidays in highschool and a few in college because of that. I keep looking for alternative income resources for Jere and I so that we don’t have to be gone working so much

By: Bas

Bas — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:53:59 +0000

I think people will start getting used to ordering stuff over the internet more (as they have over the last years) and I expect the internet to take a chunk out of the retail industry’s market.

Not worried about the growing ‘convenience’. With the current states of major world economies, I expect the retail industry to start taking some big blows once people start noticing that their money buys less.

Might be totally wrong about it though